Hopkins leads nation in research spending for 43rd consecutive year

Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate students Alycen Wiacek (seated) and Michelle Graham work in the lab of Professor Muyinatu - Johns Hopkins leads nation in research spending for 43rd consecutive year - In FY 2021, JHU spent a record $3.181 billion-nearly $1.5 billion more than the next highest institution on the annual list compiled by the National Science Foundation. Johns Hopkins University once again led all U.S. universities in research and development spending in fiscal year 2021, according to the annual National Science Foundation report on higher education R&D. In its 43rd consecutive year in the top spot, Johns Hopkins directed a record-breaking $3.181 billion into an array of projects across the enterprise, the most recent year for which nationwide data is available. Johns Hopkins' closest peers in R&D spending switched places on the list this year, with the University of California, San Francisco, climbing one spot to second place at $1.7 billion, followed by the University of Michigan in third at $1.6 billion. UCSF's spending was up 3.6% while Michigan's spending decreased by 2%; JHU's R&D spending increased 2. The Higher Education Research and Development Survey is the primary source of information on R&D expenditures within higher education institutions in the United States. In fiscal year 2021, total R&D spending for the approximately 915 institutions covered by the annual survey reached $89.9 billion, an increase of $3.4 billion, or 4%, over the prior fiscal year.